Balling
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How secure is a standard phpBB forum?
Reason I ask is that our supply and logistics department has just opened a phpBB forum for internal communication.
Now aside from the fact that the whole idea behind having a forum is insane, how secure is this thing?
We'll be discussing a lot of very confidential matters, and it's beyond important that nothing ends up being indexed by Google or is somehow accessible to outsiders.
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ed
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Keep it on your intranet and it's as secure as you like.
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John
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Sounds like the sort of thing they could probably use sharepoint for.
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Balling
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Originally posted by ed
Keep it on your intranet and it's as secure as you like.
It's on the internet.
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ed
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I don't think that's a very good idea. Is it through a PHPbb provider? If it is then the t&c's will most likely be incompatible with your needs. I.E. they'll own the data e.t.c.
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pow
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Disaster. Internally on an internal only web server fine (as long as the network is secure!?!)
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Balling
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I'm not sure, but I don't think it is.
It's installed on our own server, which is externally hosted.
All users need to be approved by admin before they can see threads.
John - Nobody would ever agree on who should pick up the bill, so anything not free (or very cheap) isn't going to happen.
Either way, I'm not about to tell them what to do or how to solve it.
I was mostly just curious as the phpBB forum initially struck me as an unprofessional and potentially unsafe solution.
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John
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Sharepoint foundation is free if you've got a server to stick it on.
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Balling
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Oh, in that case it'll probably be ideal.
Will never happen, though. I suspect the IT guy has spent most of the week setting up a BB forum and thinks it's probably amongst the first of its kind on the internet.
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Root
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All forums have security exploits at some point or another.
I'd be more concerned about hosting the server remotely, rather than what software the forum is using
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John
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Nothing inherently wrong or insecure about hosting a server remotely, that has no bearing on it being accessible to the internet.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Balling
initially struck me as an unprofessional....
It could be locked down to hide it from the internet but i personally don't see how forum software fits into a corporate environment (as mentioned, Sharepoint is a better option) - what's wrong with emails?
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Originally posted by Balling
John - Nobody would ever agree on who should pick up the bill, so anything not free (or very cheap) isn't going to happen.
(Going from previous threads) I'm guessing money isn't an issue if they're happy to purchase Apple hardware?
Sounds like someone needs a slap.
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
It could be locked down to hide it from the internet but i personally don't see how forum software fits into a corporate environment (as mentioned, Sharepoint is a better option) - what's wrong with emails?
Well to not go in to too much unnecessary (and boring) detail, it's a new logistics setup that's still a work in progress, so at the moment there's a lot of questions being asked.
As the people involved are horrible at providing proper information, they're now drowning in emails with all the same questions.
As a band aid for an open head wound they've requested that everyone post their questions on a forum, so they don't have to waste time replying to the same emails and can continue more prudent work, while still avoiding to provide proper information.
And I agree, there shouldn't be anything wrong with emails. This whole forum setup is a reflection of the issue, not a solution for it.[/rant]
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Originally posted by Dom
(Going from previous threads) I'm guessing money isn't an issue if they're happy to purchase Apple hardware?
Sounds like someone needs a slap.
It's not actually the same company. Though within the same family, logistics is a completely different company.
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VrsTurbo
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i personally don't see an issue with a forum... Sharepoint has a forum feature. I know of 2 massive companies that use forums (yes bespoke ones) but none the less its there
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Balling
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It was mostly the security of this specific forum software that concerned me.
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